This second section starts with a flashback. Tricia Michaels is still on the front porch of The Blue and the Gray remembering an incident from her childhood.

We first met Tricia in Saving Magnolia. She’s a free-lance writer making a good living from selling feature stories to newspapers and magazines in the Ohio/West Virginia/Kentucky tristate. Her first appearance was on a date she’d set up with a rude, cheating man who had his own ideas as to what would happen after dinner. When he was rebuffed, he left her and a bottle of wine alone at the restaurant. She eventually met the man who would be her husband while writing a story about the owner of Zeke’s Café – an institution, of sorts, in downtown Magnolia.

Tricia Michaels is a strong character. It’s in her nature. For the most part, “Possum Hollow” is her story. She is the prime motivator on many of the events we will experience in the weeks and months to come (the book is at 80,000+ words).

The second chapter involves Tricia’s husband, Glenn (primary character in Saving Magnolia. She recounts the day’s activities while hiding the incident from her past described in the previous chapter.

Due to the length of the book, new chapters will be posted on Mondays as well as on Thursdays each week (the first Monday installment will be on March 13th). Yes, this week’s installment will be issued earlier than usual, but again, will not be promoted until Thursday.